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  1. Dryden EM, Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Wu J, Dvorin K, Phillips L, Hyde JK. Leaning Into Whole Health: Sustaining System Transformation While Supporting Patients and Employees During COVID-19. Global advances in health and medicine. 2021 May 26; 10(21649561211021047):21649561211021047.
  2. Abadi M, Richard B, Shamblen S, Drake C, Schweinhart A, Bokhour B, Bauer R, Rychener D. Achieving Whole Health: A Preliminary Study of TCMLH, a Group-Based Program Promoting Self-Care and Empowerment Among Veterans. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education. 2021 May 21; 10901981211011043.
  3. Abadi MH, Barker AM, Rao SR, Orner M, Rychener D, Bokhour BG. Examining the Impact of a Peer-Led Group Program for Veteran Engagement and Well-Being. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2021 Mar 1; 27(S1):S37-S44.
  4. Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Dvorin K, Wu J, Elwy AR, Charns M, Taylor SL. Garnering Support for Complementary and Integrative Health Implementation: A Qualitative Study of VA Healthcare Organization Leaders. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2021 Mar 1; 27(S1):S81-S88.
  5. Elwy AR, Taylor SL, Zhao S, McGowan M, Plumb DN, Westleigh W, Gaj L, Yan GW, Bokhour BG. Participating in Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches Is Associated With Veterans' Patient-reported Outcomes Over Time. Medical care. 2020 Sep 1; 58 Suppl 2 9S:S125-S132.
  6. Bokhour BG, Gelman H, Gaj L, Thomas E, Barker A, Whittington M, Douglas J, DeFaccio R, Taylor S, Zeliadt S. Addressing Consumer and Patients' Preferences and Needs Whole Health System of Care Improves Health and Well-Being and Reduces Opioid Use for Veterans with Chronic Pain. [Abstract]. Health services research. 2020 Aug 20; 55(51):7-8.
  7. Wolfe HL, Fix GM, Bolton RE, Ruben MA, Bokhour BG. Development of observational rating scales for evaluating patient-centered communication within a whole health approach to care. Explore (New York, N.Y.). 2020 Jul 5.
  8. Bokhour BG, Haun JN, Hyde J, Charns M, Kligler B. Transforming the Veterans Affairs to a Whole Health System of Care: Time for Action and Research. Medical care. 2020 Apr 1; 58(4):295-300.
  9. Bokhour BG, Hyde JK, Zeliadt SB, Mohr DC. Whole Health System of Care Evaluation - A Progress Report on Outcomes of the WHS Pilot at 18 Flagship Sites. Bedford, MA: VA Center for Evaluating Patient-Centered Care in VA (EPCC-VA); 2020 Feb 18. 39 p.
  10. Bokhour BG, Haun J, Barker A, Charns MP, Hyde JK, Taylor SL, Zeliadt SB, Phillips L, Kligler B. Establishing Evidence for the Whole Health System of Care in VA: Directions for Future Research. Bedford, MA: Center for Evaluating Patient-Centered Care in VA (EPCC-VA); 2019 Nov 1. 47 p.
  11. Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Hogan TP, Luger TM, Ruben M, Fix GM. Integrating Personalized Care Planning into Primary Care: a Multiple-Case Study of Early Adopting Patient-Centered Medical Homes. Journal of general internal medicine. 2020 Feb 1; 35(2):428-436.
  12. Radwin LE, Cabral H, Bokhour BG, Seibert MN, Stolzmann K, Annis A, Mohr DC. A scale to measure nurses' and providers' patient centered care in primary care settings. Patient education and counseling. 2019 Dec 1; 102(12):2302-2309.
  13. Taylor SL, Bolton R, Huynh A, Dvorin K, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG, Whitehead A, Kligler B. What Should Health Care Systems Consider When Implementing Complementary and Integrative Health: Lessons from Veterans Health Administration. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2019 Mar 1; 25(S1):S52-S60.
  14. Bokhour BG, Cutrona SL. Time to Listen More and Talk Less. Journal of general internal medicine. 2019 Jan 1; 34(1):1-2.
  15. Radwin LE, Cabral HJ, Seibert MN, Stolzmann K, Meterko M, Evans L, Barker A, Bokhour B. Patient-Centered Care in Primary Care Scale: Pilot Development and Psychometric Assessment. Journal of nursing care quality. 2019 Jan 1; 34(1):34-39.
  16. Bokhour BG. Whole Health Evaluation: Year 1 Update: Briefing before the Whole Health Experience Council of the VHA National Leadership Council (Virtual Briefing); 2018 Sep 7; Washington, DC.
  17. Hill JN, Locatelli SM, Bokhour BG, Fix GM, Solomon J, Mueller N, LaVela SL. Evaluating broad-scale system change using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: challenges and strategies to overcome them. BMC research notes. 2018 Aug 4; 11(1):560.
  18. Bolton RE, Fix GM, VanDeusen Lukas C, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG. Biopsychosocial benefits of movement-based complementary and integrative health therapies for patients with chronic conditions. Chronic Illness. 2020 Mar 1; 16(1):41-54.
  19. Hogan TP, Luger TM, Volkman JE, Rocheleau M, Mueller N, Barker AM, Nazi KM, Houston TK, Bokhour BG. Patient Centeredness in Electronic Communication: Evaluation of Patient-to-Health Care Team Secure Messaging. Journal of medical Internet research. 2018 Mar 8; 20(3):e82.
  20. Bokhour BG, Fix GM, Mueller NM, Barker AM, Lavela SL, Hill JN, Solomon JL, Lukas CV. How can healthcare organizations implement patient-centered care? Examining a large-scale cultural transformation. BMC health services research. 2018 Mar 7; 18(1):168.
  21. Fix GM, Bolton RE, Bokhour BG. Challenges in Implementing Personalized Care Planning. JAMA. 2017 Nov 7; 318(17):1713.
  22. Bokhour BG, Wehler CJ, Wu J, Gaj LJ, Barker A. Whole Health Evaluation Toolkit: A Guide for Assessing Patient-Reported Outcomes of the Whole Health System of Care. 2017 Oct 1.
  23. Radwin L, Mohr D, Seibert M, Stolzmann K, Cabral H, Bokhour BG. 2017 EPCC Metrics Final Report: Briefing before the Office of Patient-Centered Care & Cultural Transformation; 2017 Sep 29; virtual.
  24. Fix GM, VanDeusen Lukas C, Bolton RE, Hill JN, Mueller N, LaVela SL, Bokhour BG. Patient-centred care is a way of doing things: How healthcare employees conceptualize patient-centred care. Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy. 2018 Feb 1; 21(1):300-307.
  25. Ruben MA, Meterko M, Bokhour BG. Do patient perceptions of provider communication relate to experiences of physical pain?. Patient education and counseling. 2018 Feb 1; 101(2):209-213.
  26. Taylor SL, Giannitrapani KF, Yuan A, Marshall N. What Patients and Providers Want to Know About Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2018 Jan 1; 24(1):85-89.
  27. Bokhour BG. IDEAS for Patient-Centered Care in the Inpatient Setting: An Ethnographic Study of Inpatient Care Practices in VA (White Paper). 2016 Sep 30.
  28. Hyde JK, Bolton RE, Barker A, Fix GM, Hogan TP, Bokhour BG. Whole Health Pathway: Interim Implementation Findings and Lessons Learned (White Paper). 2016 Sep 30.
  29. Bokhour BG, Fix GM. Whole Health Education Evaluation Codebook. Office of Patient-Centered Care; 2016 Sep 20.
  30. Bokhour BG. Whole Health Education Evaluation Codebook Overview & Discussion: Briefing before the Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation; 2016 Sep 19; Washington, DC.
  31. Bokhour BG. Brief Overview of Inpatient Site Visits: Briefing before the Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation; 2016 Jun 26; Washington, DC.
  32. Bokhour BG, Fix GM, VanDeusen-Lukas C, Bolton RE. Patient-Centered Care in Inpatient Settings: What Does it Look Like? Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2016 Jun 1; Boston, MA.
  33. Bolton RE, Bokhour BG. 7 Domains Project: Preliminary Analysis: Briefing before the Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation; 2016 Jun 1; Washington, DC.
  34. Bolton RE, Mueller NM, Holmes SK, Hartmann CW, VanDeusen-Lukas C, Bokhour BG. Conflating Patient-Centered Care with Good Customer Service: Results from a Qualitative Study of the VA Healthcare System. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2016 Jun 1; Boston, MA.
  35. Fix GM, Bolton RE, Hogan TP, Luger T, Barker A, Bokhour BG. Implementing Personal Health Planning in VA: Results of a Qualitative Multisite Evaluation. Paper presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2016 Jun 1; Boston, MA.
  36. Taylor SL, Bolton RE, Dvorin K, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG. Complementary and Integrative Health Implementation in the VA. Paper presented at: International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health; 2016 May 1; Las Vegas, NV.
  37. Luger T, Bokhour BG, Bolton RE, Hogan TP, Barker A, Fix GM. Continuing the Conversation: Ongoing Follow-up of Personalized Health Plans. Paper presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2016 Apr 1; Washington, DC.
  38. Bokhour BG, Meterko MM. Highlights from Secondary Data Analysis of Outpatient Data (White Paper). 2016 Feb 2.
  39. Fix GM, Bolton RE, Luger T, Hogan TP, Barker A, Solomon J, Bokhour BG. Approaches to Personal Health Planning in VA: Results of a multisite evaluation (White Paper). http://vaww.infoshare.va.gov/sites/OPCC/COP/Research/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx; 2015 Dec 20.
  40. Meterko MM, Radwin LE, Bokhour BG. Measuring Patient-Centered Care: A Brief Measure for Use in Point-of-Care Assessments. 2015 Nov 18. Available from: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov.
  41. Bolton RE, Solomon J, Fix GM, Elwy AR, VanDeusen-Lukas C, Bokhour BG. Improving Health through Mind-Body Practices: Veterans’ Experiences of Yoga and Qigong in VA. Paper presented at: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition; 2015 Nov 1; Chicago, IL.
  42. Taylor SL, Bolton RE, Dvorin K, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG. Facilitators, Challenges and Strategies to Adopting and Implementing Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies (White Paper). 2015 Nov 1.
  43. Kressin NR, Wehler CJ, Bokhour BG. Program Evaluation Toolkit: A Guide for Assessing Patient-Reported Outcomes of Patient-Centered Innovations (White Paper). 2015 Oct 31.
  44. Bolton RE, Mueller NM, Hartmann CW, Solomon J, Holmes SK, VanDeusen-Lukas C, Bokhour BG. Understanding VISN-Level Processes and Impressions of the 7 Domains Performance Measure: Briefing before the Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation; 2015 Oct 15; Washington, DC.
  45. Fix GM, Bolton RE, Solomon J, Luger T, Hogan TP, Bokhour BG. Striking the Balance: A Case Study in Exemplary Patient-Centered Communication. Paper presented at: International Conference on Communication in Healthcare; 2015 Oct 15; New Orleans, LA.
  46. Hogan TP, Luger T, Volkman JE, Mueller NM, Barker A, Houston TK, Bokhour BG. Patient-Centeredness in Electronic Communication: An Analysis of Provider-Patient Secure Messaging in the Veterans Health Administration. Poster session presented at: International Conference on Communication in Healthcare; 2015 Oct 1; New Orleans, LA.
  47. Bokhour BG, Bolton RE, VanDeusen-Lukas C, Mueller NM, Solomon J, Fix GM. Strong Practices for Implementing Patient-Centered Care in VA Outpatient PACTs: A Qualitative Assessment of Two VA Centers of Innovation for Patient-Centered Care. 2015 Sep 25. Available from: http://hsrd.research.va.gov.
  48. Bolton RE, Mueller NM, Hartmann CW, Solomon J, Holmes SK, VanDeusen-Lukas C, Bokhour BG. Understanding VISN-Level Processes and Impressions of the 7 Domains Performance Measure. 2015 Aug 25. Available from: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov.
  49. Meterko MM, Charns MP, Mohr DC, Bokhour BG. Strategic Priority Awareness and Activity in the Veterans Health Administration: Analysis of Data from the FY14 All Employee Survey. 2015 Jul 13. Available from: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov.
  50. Locatelli SM, Hill JN, Bokhour BG, Krejci L, Fix GM, Nora Mueller , Solomon JL, Van Deusen Lukas C, LaVela SL. Provider perspectives on and experiences with engagement of patients and families in implementing patient-centered care. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2015 Dec 1; 3(4):209-14.
  51. Luger T, Hogan TP, Dvorin K, Meterko MM, Baker E, Pilver C, Barker A, Bokhour BG. Use of the Get Well Network Interactive Patient Care Product at VA OPCC&CT Centers of Innovation: Provider and Patient Perceptions. 2015 Jan 27. Available from: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov.
  52. Luger T, Hogan TP, Dvorin K. Get Well Network Highlights from Provider Survey. 2014 Oct 6. Available from: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov.
  53. Hogan TP, Volkman JE, Mueller NM, Rocheleau M, Barker A, Houston TK, Bokhour BG. Provider-Patient Secure Messaging: Examining Principles of Patient Centeredness in Electronic Communication. 2014 Jul 1. Available from: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov.
  54. Bokhour BG, Fix GM, Mueller NM, Solomon J. Patient-Centered Care Innovations and Components of Patient-Centered Care: An Innovation Map to Assist in PCC Transformation. 2014 Jan 10. Available from: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov.
  55. Bokhour BG, Hogan TP, Volkman JE. The Personal Health Inventory: An Evaluation of Veteran Responses. 2013 Dec 31. Available from: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov.
  56. Bokhour BG, LaVela SL, Fix GM, Hill JN, Barker A, Locatelli SM, Mueller NM, Solomon J, VanDeusen-Lukas C. Lessons from the Field for Implementing Patient-Centered Care and Cultural Transformation. 2013 Aug 2. Available from: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov.
  57. Bokhour BG, Hogan TP, Volkman JE, Barker A. PHI Data Collection Tool. 2013 Jun 18. Available from: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov.